Banking à la mode.

The best way to rob a bank is to own one.

iPhone5 snap.

A little joy.

Someone has painted these jolly faces on the wall of this long deserted laundry in a heavily Hispanic area of San Mateo. Guarded by a fence, I sneaked around the back and got up close and personal.

Taken on the Nikon D2x at ISO 100 with the 55mm Micro Nikkor, which makes for a 90mm focal length on the D2x’s APS-C sensor. This is a wonderful and very inexpensive portraiture and street combination. The ‘pro’ quality D2x may be ancient by digital standards, but remains better than 99% of the gear used by ‘serious’ digital snappers. Decent bodies can be found for under $600 and the Micro Nikkor I used here cost me $62 plus another $30 for the CPU. The D2x will outlive you, no matter how young you are.

Balmy Alley, off 24th Street.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor.

In Cypress Alley at 24th Street.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor. Snapseed effect.

The purpose of each pair of shoes is amusingly marked in chalk on the soles, something I did not spot until after importing the file into Lightroom.

On 24th Street.

A nice way to decorate a utility box.

Nikon D3x, 20mm UD Nikkor. You have to make crazy large prints and stick your nose in them to see the definition falling off toward the edges. Even then, the UD comfortably out resolves the latest 16-35mm f/4 AFS G IF zoom, which I just sold, owing to its poor ergonomics and vast bulk.